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THE ISSUE IN THE UNION LEAGUE. 




, PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER lo, 1875. 

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION LEAGUE: 

In the Address already puhlishcil by the Members of the I'nion League, who ask your support for 
the accompanying ticket, the reasons l)y which they have l)een actuated and the objects they have in view 
have been clearly set forth: 

"With charity to all men, with malice toward none," they have at heart only the welfare of the 
organization whose harmony has been so seriously disturbed by unfortunate agitations and angry dissen- 
sions; the repetition of which they desire in the future 10 prevent. They believe that solely by the closest 
adherence to the course indicated in the original declaration of its principles, and subsequently confirmed 
in the adoption by its members in December, 1871, of a reassertion of its true duties, can the League be 
preserved in the exalted place wherein, by its noble history in the past, it is entitled to stand. And they 
.qjrexonvtNcied that any attempt to convert it into a political lever for the support or defeat of candidates 
•for muniGipaLoffice, can but result in its degradation from the high functions it has heretofore filled, and 
■in factfiSmdifrerences which must necessarily destroy that great influence which it has always wielded when 
pnom^'effby unity of purpose. 

' ^I'^iej' tave in the formation of this ticket, presented the names of gentlemen vvhose personal charac- 
t'er-and whose-known opinions give an unimpeachable guarantee of their faithful effort, if elected, to 
prevejlt tTie Uition League from remaining the wrangling ground for friends or foes of aspirants for the 
honors t^r^iQhiments of political office. 

The (|uestion at issue is not a doubtful one, but it is the desire of those who are urging the success 
of the accompanying ticket that it should not be misunderstood. 

The gentlemen advocating the ticket avowedly nominated at a meeting in ths La Pierre House, distinctly 
declare it to be their belief that participation in municipal politics [THE SINSLE DISTURBING ELEMENT THAT HA'3 IN 
ITS ENTIRE CAREER EVER SERIOUSLY THREATENED THE PERFECT HARMONY OP THE UNION LEAGUE], shall 
not be prohibited. On the other hand the advocates of the ticket for which your vote is now asked, believe and assert 
that this policy has had no other result in the past and could have no other result in the future, than the fomenting of 
bitter and unseemly discord in the League itself. 

The attention of members is also called to the fact that, during the coming year, the Llnion League 
should take a prominent place in the efforts that will be made to impress upon visiting strangers, the 
character of our institutions and the hosjiitality of our people. It is believed by its friends that this, the 
"Regular Union League Ticket," is i^eculiarly constituted to meet the re([uirements of a year that will 
impose more than ordinarily exacting claims upon the Hoard of Directors. In its selection there have 
been no personal ends to serve, no private malice to gratify. The impulses which have controlled the 
nominations have sprung from an earnest, conscientious desire to secure an administration of the League 
that, in the prevention of internal discord, in the management of its domestic economy, and in the 
encouragement of every effort of its members to make the League foremost among the agencies that are 
to make the approaching Centennial an occasion memorable and honorable to Philadelphia, would offer 
no ground for adverse criticisin or factional opposition. 

SAMUEL B. THOMAS, 

C/ininnai! of meeting of Members of Union League. 
THOMPSON LENNIG, 

Scereiary. 

VOR VRESIDENT: 

EDWARD C. KNIGHT. 

FOR VICE-l'RESIJtEMS ■ 

A. E. BORIE, WILLIAM SELLERS, 

J. GILLINGHAM FELL, .S. A. CALDWELL. 

FOR DIRECTORS: 

JAMES L. CLAGHORN, FRANKLIN A. COMLY, C. J. HOFFMAN. 

EDWARD S. CLARKE, GEO. PHILLER, CAMPBELL TUCKER, 

SAMUEL C. PERKINS, EDWARD BROWNING, JACOB RIEGEL, 

RICHARD WRIGHT, E. N. BENSON, GEO. W. REXSAMER, 

J. FRAILLY SMITH. ALEXANDER BIDDLE, NATHAN BROOKE. 

ELECTION, MOITDAY DECEMBER 13, 1875, AT 7 O'CLOCK, P. M. 



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